India and Australia will lock horns in the shortest format after the hosts came up trumps in the ODI series with the visitors looking to start the 5-match T20I series off on a positive note. The first match will be taking place at Canberra with Suryakumar Yadav-led Men in Blue looking to continue their undefeated Asia Cup form against the ominous Aussies.
The Manuka Oval pitch has traditionally been one which is a batter’s paradise which will have the big hitters from both sides licking their lips at the prospect. The ground has hosted 22 T20 matches with an average first innings score being 150. Usually the team batting first has a slight advantage with 10 wins as opposed to 9 won by the chasing side.
According to Accuweather app, it is expected to rain in the morning of the match with the temperature at 13 degrees. The temperatures rises to 14 degrees in the afternoon with the conditions being cloudy while in the evening, the time of the match, it’ll be partly cloudy with very little chance of rain but the temperature will plummet to 11 degrees.
Team IND predicted XI: Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh/Kuldeep Yadav.
AUS predicted XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Short, Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Tanveer Sangha.
Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Tim David, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Sean Abbott, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Philippe, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Ben Dwarshuis
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jitesh Sharma
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